Nov. 27 |
The very shortsighted
must learn to see
much further.
– Shilashanti
The Kukkuravatika Sutta records how Puṇṇa (of the Koliyans), an ox-duty ascetic, and Seniya the naked dog-duty ascetic learnt the error of their ways through the Buddha. Prior...

Nov. 27 | Of a worthy goal reachable,
have Faith to reach it,
have Aspiration to reach it,
have Practice to reach it.
– Shilashanti
… there is the case where a certain monk
follows right after the community of monks…
He doesn’t have the other...

Nov. 27 |
Question: When offering food during Qingming season and such, many will say aloud – ‘May so-and-so to come and eat.’ Is this right?
Answer: There is no need to call anyone by name. Simply offering the food with the clear intention along...

Nov. 27 |
People are first haunted by their inner demons, before they become ghosts haunting haunted places, who might in turn become others’ outer demons. Haunted by unresolved and deluded attachment and aversion, both in this life and from life to...

Nov. 19 |
We as mind and matter,
arose and ceased
in our past lives,
from life to life.
– Nowanden
There might seem to be ‘two’ kinds of impermanence?
The first kind is the arising and ceasing
of all phenomena of mind and matter,
which arise due...

Nov. 19 | Eat and drink well,
for the long-term well-being
of yourself and others,
including those you might
eat and drink from.
– Moustachoman
Shojin Ryori (精进料理) is the devotional cuisine of monks in Japan. The purpose of shojin ryori is to celebrate...

Nov. 19 |
Question: How do I handle a slightly senior co-worker, who is not exactly my superior, but tells other colleagues that I will do this and that. When I do not handle the ‘promised’, she tells them that I am calculative. Yet, if I do, it...

Nov. 19 |
‘The Angel’ tells the supposedly true story, of how an alleged double-agent high in political office cried wolf, on oncoming war, to avert war itself. The stakes were not just a sheep or two, but many potential human casualties between countries....

Nov. 8 |
There are four kinds of [karmic] actions
proclaimed by me,
after realising them for myself
with direct knowledge.
– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Kukkuravatika Sutta)
(As paraphrased and extended from the second half of the Kukkuravatika Sutta)
[1] There are dark...